A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

cement armnoun

A person's arm that has scarred and hardened from the repeated injection of recreational drugs.

cementableadj

Capable of being cemented.

cementaladj

Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth.

cementationnoun

The act of cementing.

cementatoryadj

Having the quality of cementing, or uniting firmly.

cementernoun

A person who applies cement.

cementheadnoun

A stubbornly stupid person.

cementingnoun

An instance of affixing something with cement.

cementitenoun

A form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel.

cementiticadj

Of or relating to cementite.

cementitiousadj

Resembling or having some properties of cement.

cementlessadj

Without cement.

cementlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of cement.

cementmakernoun

A manufacturer of cement.

cementoblastnoun

A cell that forms from the follicular cells around the root of a tooth, and whose biological function is cementogenesis.

cementoblasticadj

Relating to cementoblasts.

cementochronologynoun

A method for assessing age at death and determining season at death based on the annulation (formation of rings) in tooth cementum.

cementoclastnoun

A multinucleated giant cell that consumes cementum.

cementodentinaladj

Relating to cementum and dentin (of teeth)

cementoenameladj

Relating to the enamel and cementum.

cementogenesisnoun

The process of the development of cementum.

cementogenicadj

Forming cementum.

cementoidnoun

A matrix of collagen fibres that becomes mineralised to form cementum.

cementomanoun

An odontogenic tumor of cementum.

cementumnoun

A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.

cementyadj

Resembling or characteristic of cement.

cemeterialadj

Of or pertaining to a cemetery

cemeteriannoun

A cemetery superintendent.

cemeterynoun

A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.

cemeteryfulnoun

As much as a cemetery would hold.

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